Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable
Anita Chu
Language: English
Pages: 255
ISBN: B00NZZJ4NG
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
At last, a field guide to making and identifying virtually every candy imaginable, from peanut-butter cups to mint meltaways!
Field Guide to Candy is the definitive guide to candies from around the world, with more than 100 recipes and variations on such tried-and-true classics as caramel apples, rocky road, and lollipops as well as traditional international favorites like Turkish delight, truffles, and French pralines.
This delectable guide introduces readers to the best techniques for creating chocolates; sugary sweets; creamy, sticky, chewy candies; nutty treats; and fun and simple classics. Every candy is photographed in glorious full color, with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, make, and store your creations. Entries include fascinating historical background, helpful baking notes, and serving suggestions for each delicious variety.
Whether you’re a candy-making novice or veteran pastry chef, mouth-watering homemade confections are minutes away with Field Guide to Candy!
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Simply wrap them in colored foil or dust them with confectioners’ sugar. Candy-Making Notes: You can use coconut oil instead of cocoa butter, but be sure that is it is a food-grade ingredient, not a beauty product that might contain additives. Recipe: � cup cocoa butter 12 ounces semisweet chocolate � teaspoon peppermint extract 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate or coating chocolate 1. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with foil and grease well. 2. Warm cocoa butter in a metal bowl set.
Spring flowers, wedding bells. Many flat-backed molds also allow you to add a lollipop stick for chocolate lollipops. Decorate the finished chocolates by tying ribbons around the necks of chocolate bunnies, using edible paints to add color, or using small candies to simulate buttons or eyes. Candy-Making Notes: This recipe can be used for making flat-backed solid chocolates or three-dimensional solid chocolates. Some three-dimensional molds are specially made as one piece. Unless you invest in.
Brazil, along with many recipes for candies and cakes. The giving of elaborately presented candies became a Brazilian tradition. Most of these candies have endearing names, such as kisses or caresses. Beijinhos is Portuguese for “little kisses”; besitos de coco are cookie kisses made from coconut and brown sugar. Serving Suggestions: Coconut kisses can be coated in confectioners’ sugar or more coconut. Nuts or chocolate kisses can be placed in the center instead of cloves. Candy-Making Notes:.
Candy rolls can be easily made at home. History: Tootsie Rolls were created in 1896 by Leo Hirshfield, who gave the candy his daughter’s nickname, Tootsie. The Tootsie Roll became the centerpiece of Hirshfield’s candy company, the Sweets Factory of America. In 1966 the name of the company was changed to Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Today, it is still one of the best-known and best-selling candies in America. Tootsie Rolls have an equally famous cousin, the Tootsie Pop, a spherical lollipop.
Recipe: � cup sugar � cup light brown sugar � cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces ⅛ teaspoon salt � teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate 2 cups slivered almonds, toasted and chopped 1. Line an 8-by-10-inch baking sheet with a silicone baking mat. 2. Combine sugars, butter, vanilla, and salt in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until it comes to a boil. 3. Continue cooking without stirring until the.